Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) found liable for supporting attacks in Jerusalem that killed 33 people more than a decade ago and ordered to pay $218.50 Million on account of damages to the families.
Jurors in Manhattan federal court on Monday awarded $218.5m in damages to 10 American families who brought the case, a sum that is automatically tripled to $655.5m under a 1992 US anti-terrorism law. The six attacks in Jerusalem between 2002 and 2004 killed 33 people and wounded more than 390 others during the second Palestinian uprising against Israel.
Israeli authorities have blamed the Palestinian Hamas movement and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades for carrying out the attacks. Both groups are blacklisted as terrorist organisations in the US.
The PA rejected the verdict as "baseless". "The decision is a tragic disservice to the millions of Palestinians who have invested in the democratic process and the rule of law," Palestinian Deputy Minister of Information Mahmoud Khalifa said in a statement submitted to Al Jazeera.
In the statement is sent to Al Jazeera, Khalifa said there is an effort "to attack and divert" the "limited resources" of the Palestinian Authority from needed services for the territories
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